Russell McMahon wrote: > An excellent start. > However, dated April 2003, and starts by saying: > > This are my latest results on the OE dbx file format. > I have not completely decoded the file format, but I estimate 90%. > I am still working to fill same gaps. Maybe some of the gaps are described in here . (Page in Japanese, so I don't really know; it references the oedbx.aroh.de link. But there's some source code that looks like it can read OE .dbx files and extract messages.) OE is the "default" Windows email client, for people who just want to read their email without installing anything else or having any specific requirements that are not fulfilled by OE. For the others, there are alternatives -- lots of them. Whoever wants a documented email storage format can (and probably should) use a different email client that fits this requirement. For the conversion, it is possible to drag the OE emails into the file system, and many email clients should be able to import these raw email files (or have a tool that can do this). It doesn't create mail folders for you (it is only possible to drag the contents of one folder at a time), but since this is not something that has to be done every other day, in many cases it doesn't seem prohibitive. (If so inclined, and the number of folders warrants the effort, it is possible to use something like AutoIt3 to help automate the process. Possibly OE has also a COM/OLE interface, but I don't know.) Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist